Dress and Jacket (complet)
Also titled Japon en jasje (complet)
Catharina Kruysveldt-de Mare (Amsterdam, 1874–1956)
c. 1952
- Medium
- wool, metal, plastic, horsehair, silk
- Classification
- japon
- Dimensions
- length 114 cm x waist 64 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of G.A. Brusse-Urtebise, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Christian Dior launched the ‘New Look’ in 1947, with pronounced female forms as its distinguishing feature. The hourglass figure is quite distinct here. The nipped-in waist is accentuated by slit pockets at the hips and a tapered placement of the buttons. Mrs Brusse also chose the ensemble because of its name: Urtebise, her maiden name.
